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HAT Box. yAYPLIOATION FILED NGV. 28, 1913. 1?@999142., v Patented June 2,1914,

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HAT BOX.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 2a, 1913.

Patented June 2, 1914-.

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UMTED .STATES PATENT oFFIcE.

JOHN' R. llllIEDLEY, 0F ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR T0 HORACE E. CLARK, OF

v ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

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marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention -relates to folding or collapsible boxes and particularly to hat boxes. The object of the invention is to provide a box of hexagonal form which, when unfolded will have the maximum amountof rigidity of boxes of this type and also to provide a box cover that can be contained within the box when both box and coverl are folded.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view, with' parts broken4 awa-y, of a box and cover embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of Fig. 1.. Fig. 3 is a vertical sec-` tion of a partly collapsed boxI containing a cover. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a' folded cover, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a The sides of the box are preferably formed of two pieces of card-board, 1 and.y 2, each piece being trahsversely creased at 1a and 2a respectively to form the faces 3 of the hexagonal body. Each piece 1 and 2 is` provided with an end flap 4 formed 'by a transverse crease 5, and the lower end of said Hap is cut diagonally as shown ,wat 6, Figs. l and 2, to facilitate folding. The lower end of each face 3 is formed with a flap 7 both ends of which are cut diagonally as shown at 8 to prevent said ends from overlapping when the flaps are folded. The pieces 1 and 2 are connected by gluing the flap 4 of thepiece 1 to the inner face of piece 2 and gluing the flap 4 of piece 2 to the inner face of piece 1.

'The bottom of' the box is formed of a single piece of card-board 9 cut in the form of a hexagon, the edges of which are the same length as the faces 3 of the box. rlhe bottom is connected at two of its sides to two parallel faces of the boxsides by gluing thel underside of the flaps 7 to the topface of the bottom.` The four other faces Patented June 2, 1914..

3 are connected in pairs by triangular brace ,x

pieces 10, two edges of each brace piece being glued to the iaps 7 of two diverging faces 3; The brace-pieces are under the bottom and act as supports for the free angular ends of the bottom 9.

To permit the box to be folded the bottom 9 is creased -in the center on a line 11, which runs parallel to the two edges, which are connected to the'two faces of the sides and each brace piece is creased on a line 11 which runs from the apex of the angle Ito the center of the base of the angle. (Figs. 1 and 3.)- v v By making the bottom 9 in one piece and of the same size as the box, accidental collapsing of the walls longitudinally of the crease line 11 is prevented.

The lid or cover 12 .is made of a single piece of vcard-boardv having flanges 13. These flangesy are formed by making cuts into the edges of the cover at right angles to said edges, thereby forming notchesof the proper angle that when the 'flanges are bent at right angles to the cover, the adjacent ends of said flanges will be parallel as shown at 14, Fig. 1. These parallel edges arel preferably connected by pieces of fabric. To permit a ready folding of the flanges down onto the under faceof the cover, diagonal creases 15 are formed in the flanges at one or both ends. A tapel is provided by which the bottom is held down onto the brace pieces 10, when `Athe box is not collapsed. This tape rests on the inner face of the bottom 9 and passes out of the box through peforations 17 formed in the bottom at the base ofthe angular supports 10. The tape passesunder said supports into perforations 18 formed in opposite faces 3 near their lower edges and then out of the box through perforations 19 near the top of said faces and are tied together over the cover as shown in Fig. 1.

`To fold the box, the top 12 is removed and the tape 16 is drawn upward from the bottom. The two parallel sides of the box, vto which the bottom is attached, are then pressed toward each other which pressure i will cause the bottom 9to fold inward (as shown in Fig. 3) on its crease lineA 11, and

at the same time saidl pressure will cause the two pairs of converging sides to move in the present instance.

brace pieces 10 to fold inward on their crease lines l1 between the converging sides and into the planes of the bottom. When the box is completely folded the two parallel sides andthe folded bottom are superposedwhile each of the two pairs of converging sides and the folded brace pieces are superposed.

In order that the cover 12 may be coni tained within the box when the latter is folded, said cover is creased on thev line 15- and when the cover is folded and pla-ced in the box the cover rests on the folded bottom and has substantially the same dimensions as the bottom.

I am aware that hexagonal hat'boxes have been patented in which the bottom is made up of a plurality of pieces, but no one of said pieces is of a sufficient size to extend into all of the angles formed by the sides as So far as I am aware, no lid for suc-h a box has been'patented which can be folded so as to be contained in the box.

LA collapsible hat box having six sides, a single piece bottom having six edges of the same length as said sides, two parallel edges of said bottom being connected to two arallel sides of the box, four of said edges eing free, and all of the angles of said edges extending into the angles of the sides when the latter are spread apart.

2. A collapsible hat box having six sides, a single piece bottom having six edges of the same length as said sides, two parallel edges of said bottom being connected to two parallel sides of the box and all of the angles of said edges extending into the angles of the side when the latterare spread apart, triangular pieces connecting the converging sides in pairs and arranged below the converging edges of the bottom, said.

bottom and triangular pieces being creased in their centers to permit folding of the same between the sides.

3. A collapsible hat box having six sides, a single piece bottom having six edges yof the same length as said sides, two parallel edges of said bottom being connected to two parallel sides of the boxl and all of the angles of said edges extending into theangles of the sides when the latter are spread apart, triangular pieces connecting the converging sides in pairs and arranged below the converging edges of the bottom, said bottom and triangular pieces being creased in their centers to permit folding of the same between the sides, and a six sided lid having six flanges foldable onto the lid, and a crease in said lid extending to 'oppositely positioned angles whereby said lid may be contained between the sides.

4. A polygonal collapsible box body coll y lapsible on a diagonal thereof, a correspond-` -ing polygonal bottom having parallel sides secured to parallel walls of the body and folding on a like diagonal, folding bottom supports extending between adjacent sides across the ends of said bottom, said bottom and supports folding upwardly into the body and a similar polygonal top having flanges, said top foldable on a diagonal and constructed to lie in the folded bottom when JOI-IN R. MEDLEY.

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Witnesses:

MAURICE D. MCDONALD, Gao. S. RUssEY. 

